When M. Hoff’s niece started her period, the female members of the family all reacted with a collective sympathetic sigh. This instigated a lot of questions, including why periods are viewed... More > in such a negative way. If such a routine, physical cycle in a woman’s life is viewed so horribly, how does that connect to women’s own perception of their bodies? Where are women learning this negativity towards their menstrual cycle? Is it possible that menstruation is still a major taboo in our modern culture? M. Hoff collects college women’s narratives and stories about menstruation. These menstrual stories exemplify how these women must continually balance between the different types of menstrual taboos in our culture and how they must behave in an appropriate matter in order to avoid being stigmatized. M. Hoff argues that by breaking the overarching cultural silence about menstruation, women will finally be able to break menstrual taboos and begin to view menstruation as an important part of their identity.< Less

When M. Hoff’s niece started her period, the female members of the family all reacted with a collective sympathetic sigh. This instigated a lot of questions, including why periods are viewed... More > in such a negative way. If such a routine, physical cycle in a woman’s life is viewed so horribly, how does that connect to women’s own perception of their bodies? Where are women learning this negativity towards their menstrual cycle? Is it possible that menstruation is still a major taboo in our modern culture? M. Hoff collects college women’s narratives and stories about menstruation. These menstrual stories exemplify how these women must continually balance between the different types of menstrual taboos in our culture and how they must behave in an appropriate matter in order to avoid being stigmatized. M. Hoff argues that by breaking the overarching cultural silence about menstruation, women will finally be able to break menstrual taboos and begin to view menstruation as an important part of their identity.< Less

We have much in the way of educational material in relation to female menstruation, and yet their are millions of women throughout the world that still have little or no understanding as to what and... More > the purpose of their menstrual cycle.
This book was written with those women in mind to help them understand the normal process of menstruation and the care needed to manage their monthly cycle.This book was originally designed as a give away to women in need of understanding, I have now made it available to young women in more affluent societies to also help them understand menstruation. Proceeds from the sale of this book go towards the education of female health in less affluent societies.< Less

We have much in the way of educational material in relation to female menstruation, and yet their are millions of women throughout the world that still have little or no understanding as to what and... More > the purpose of their menstrual cycle.
This book was written with those women in mind to help them understand the normal process of menstruation and the care needed to manage their monthly cycle.This book was originally designed as a give away to women in need of understanding, I have now made it available to young women in more affluent societies to also help them understand menstruation. Proceeds from the sale of this book go towards the education of female health in less affluent societies.< Less

There are many illnesses and medical conditions specific to women particularly in the genital and birthing area.
The most common ones are:
Blood in your urine
Breast lumps or discharges... More >
Menstrual cramps
Missed periods
Pain in your lower abdomen
Symptoms of an STD
Vaginal pain, swelling
There is a large alternative medicine movement focussed entirely on women. A major book in this area is Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom by Christine Northrup basically talking about the body and mind as one, you are your own wisdom and your own healer.
The deal is that once someone starts talking about astrology and chakras in an alternative medical book, they've lost me. I know they couldn't be that smart or wise if they believe in stuff like this. It's really funny. Somebody is making sense for a few hundred pages then they get into this wacky stuff. They kinda lose their credibility to me.< Less

A life of cycles reflects about the creative process that exists behind the women menstruation cycle. It is a general description of the women period and its physical, social, and psycological... More > effects. The book includes illustrations and graphics created by the author.< Less

A life of cycles reflects about the creative process that exists behind the women menstruation cycle. It is a general description of the women period and its physical, social, and psycological... More > effects. The book includes illustrations and graphics created by the author.< Less

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